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Click to read, with links on Fukushima, Okinawa, Homelessness, N. Korea and more...All these stories are from our links at the bottom of the main page. We will shortly resume publishing our own summaries.JAPAN DISASTER BLOG Pt 1-Japanese Expert Says Fukushima II (not I) Nuke Plant's Containment Vessel Has Been Damaged by the Quake-Fuku-I Nuke Plant Blowout Panel Mystery: Were They Really Welded-...
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This story is from http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2011/09/radiation-in-japan-tsukuba-citys-idea.htmlShorts, short-sleeve T-shirts, no masks, sneakers, with small kids. (In other words, all the things you should never do.)As "decontamination" is set to become a new bubble for Fukushima Prefecture if not for entire Japan, the national government strongly encourage citizen volunteers to "...
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Local film-makers producing a film about the margininalisation of homeless people in Shibuya war are seeking funding to enable them to show their film, Brand New Days, in theatres. You can contribute money in several ways. If you are in Japan, you can make a contribution of 5000 yen for individuals or 10,000 yen for groups (actually any amount will be accepted, but they are a long way...
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画像をクリックするとyoutubeへ移動します。VJUでは現在、渋谷区役所駐車場問題を軸としたドキュメンタリー映画「渋谷ブランニューデイズ」を実行委員会形式で製作中です。協賛金で、あなたも市民プロデューサーになりませんか？！■協賛金を払うと、映画のエンドクレジットに製作協力者としてご芳名もしくは団体名が載ります。また、各地自主上映会の入場が無料となります。昨今ますます切実なホームレス問題に広く理解を求めたい。私たちの思いに共感をいただける方は、ぜひこの映画の製作にご協力下さい！■協賛金は個人一口￥5,000 団体一口￥10,000 です。郵便振替口座 ００１３０－５－６２３３９８映画「渋谷ブランニューデイズ」製作実行委員会 ■お支払いいただいた協賛金は実行委員会によって管理され、映画製作・自主上映・宣伝費等に適宜運用されます。■本作品は完成後...
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Not being widely reported is that the recent resignation of METI minister. It is being said it was orchestrated by the bureaucrats of METI, the LDP, the Yomiuri, Sankei and the Kisha Clubs, plus Tepco because he took the non binding 1 MS of radiation exposure, previously a binding 20 MS, and made it binding. He also called for moving away from nuclear power. Meanwhile police...
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DAVID McNEILL in Soma CityMillions of Japanese are struggling to interpret wildly diverging assessments of the radiation threat after the Fukushima disasterYOSHIO ICHIDA is recalling the worst day of his 53 years: March 11th, when the sea swallowed up his home and killed his friends. The Fukushima fisherman was in the bath when the huge quake hit, and barely made it to the open sea in his boat in...
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By Roger PulversIntroduction by John JunkermanAs the drum rolls sound once again for those who died in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Roger Pulvers has provided a poignant reminder of those other, far more numerous, victims the United States has left in the wake of its wars overseas. In particular, the victims of the dioxin-contaminated herbicide Agent Orange, whose suffering continues decades after...
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Jon MitchellIntroductionOn August 19th, 2011, Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a statement in response to recent media coverage about the US military’s use and storage of defoliants (including Agent Orange) on Okinawa during the Vietnam War. MOFA announced that, although it had requested the US Department of Defense to investigate these allegations, Washington had replied that it was...
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The author assesses the Fukushima nuclear disaster in light of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Hanford, Chernobyl, Three Mile Island and the nexus between nuclear weapons and nuclear power.This summer, I participated in the seventeenth “Pilgrimage for Peace,” traveling to Hiroshima and Nagasaki with a group that included seventeen American students led by Professor Peter Kuznick of American University,...
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福 島大学と日本原子力研究開発機構（JAEA）の協定への疑義： 浦田賢治 Lawyer poses quesitons over academic agreement between Fukushima University and Japan Atomic Energy AgencyＥＣＲＲ クリス・バズビー論文「福島の破局的事故の健康影響」日本語訳 Japanese Translation of ECRR Chris Busby's Paper "The Health Outcome of the Fukushima Catastrophe" ベ ラルーシの放射線防護研究所による「農作物への放射能対策」 "Countermeasures against radionuclide for agricultural products" by a Belarus...
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A number of criticisms about the way the media jumps to the wrong conclusions. Here is what FAIR has to say: Seeing 'Islamic Terror' in Norway/Learning no lessons from Oklahoma City mistakes (7/25/11)Right-wing terror suspect Anders Behring Breivik reportedly killed 76 people in Norway on Friday, by all accounts driven by far-right anti-immigrant politics and fervent Islamophobia. But many...
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Just Foreign Policy News May 12, 2011 I) Actions and Featured Articles 'Budrus' Shows 'White Intifada' Can Beat the Israeli Occupation The documentary "Budrus," which shows how a Palestinian village in the West Bank defeated the Israeli occupation through nonviolent resistance, is now available on DVD. The widespread availability of this movie in the United States could not come at a more...
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A friend had a chance to measure the levels at ground level: on the grass in Sagami-ono, Kanagawa-Ken, the radiation was 0.240 microsievert. This is relatively high. While Tokyo-to, about an hour or so north of there is said to have an official level of 0.05, the reason is that the monitoring stations are high up off the ground. One in Bunkyo-ku is consistenly regsitering greater...
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The following articles, all from a rather middle-of-the-road British newspaper, serve to confirm that the UK is on the road to fascism, just like the Unigted States.In the first few articles, we see that the UK tortures or outsources torture and then denies that it is doing anything of the sort. Will Jacqui Smith and other government officials be held to account for their lies?UK linked to...
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POLITICS PM Kan and Komei Party cast knowing glances at each other Young conservatives seek legality for SDF to use arms abroad Dangerous attempt to serve arms industry’s greed Former disarmament ambassador calls for lifting ban on arms exports Gov’t must adjust rice supply and demand: JCP Kami ‘Kakushinkon’ movement for progressive united front holds event People share experiences in ‘...
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